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Isabela Tigkalalag Fest Relaunch

Isabela Mayor Joselito Malabor on October 9, 2017 announced that the relaunch
of the Tigkalalag Festival will be on October 31-November 2, 2017.

He said that municipal government is preparing for the activity to make the
relaunch of the said festival grand and memorable.

The Tigkalalag festival has been shelved in the past four years due to a
change in the leadership of the municipal government.

He recalled that the Tigkalag festival has become a trademark for the town.

Malabor said that the Tigkalalag festival conceptualized the Filipino culture
of celebrating the All Souls’ Day and All Saints’ Day.

“It is basic Filipino culture and practically all of us celebrate the
occasion,” he said.

Malabor stressed that it is also during this occasion that family members go
back to their hometown and reunite with their family members.

For this year, Malabor said that part of the celebration is a contest of
cooking native delicacies like suman, puto among others.

“We will promote our very own native delicacies,” he stressed.

He recalled that the Tigkalalag festival which he has suggested during the
time of his elder brother, the late Provincial Board Member Renato Malabor as
mayor of the town won the best in festival dance several times during the Panaad
celebration.

He also pointed out that during the Tigkalalag festival many tourists both
domestic and foreign go to the town to watch the festival dance.

Among the initial activities lined up for the Tigkalalag festival are the
photo booth contest and opening of local delicacies food festival and festival
dance contest (school category) on October 31, 2017 and on November 1, 2017 will
be the pop dance contest in the morning and the search for Tigkalalag Queen in
the evening.

November 2, 2017 activities will start with a concelebrated mass and festival
dance contest (barangay category) in the afternoon.*